State comparison · 2025
Nursing Assistants salary: Kentucky vs New York
Nursing Assistants in New York earn a median of $48,590. In Kentucky, $38,370. After cost-of-living, the gap is 5.5% — not 21%.
Nominal pay gap
-21%
Kentucky vs New York
COL-adjusted gap
-5.5%
After BEA Regional Price Parities
Kentucky
Nursing Assistants
- Median
- $38,370
- p25
- $36,150
- p75
- $44,120
- p10
- $30,390
- p90
- $46,450
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 90.2
New York
Nursing Assistants
- Median
- $48,590
- p25
- $43,760
- p75
- $51,980
- p10
- $38,450
- p90
- $59,890
- COL index (BEA RPP)100 = US average
- 107.9
BLS Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025. Cost-of-living adjustment from BEA Regional Price Parities (overall index). Hiring velocity from DOL OFLC public disclosure data, recent 180 days vs prior. See methodology.